Beach 105th Street station

Coordinates: 40°35′00″N 73°49′39″W / 40.583217°N 73.827594°W / 40.583217; -73.827594
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 Beach 105 Street
 
QM16
  • Ferry transport NYC Ferry: Rockaway (at Rockaway Landing)
    • StructureElevated
    Platforms2 side platforms
    Tracks2
    Other information
    Opened1880; 144 years ago (1880) (LIRR station)
    RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 67 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
    Opposite-
    direction
    transfer    		Yes
    Former/other namesBeach 105th Street–Seaside
    Traffic
    202362,878[2] Increase 9.1%
    Rank422 out of 423[2]
    Services
    Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
    Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
    A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
    Terminus
    		 Rockaway Park Beach 98th Street
    A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
    toward Broad Channel
    Location
    Beach 105th Street station is located in New York City Subway
    Beach 105th Street station
    Beach 105th Street station is located in New York City
    Beach 105th Street station
    Beach 105th Street station is located in New York
    Beach 105th Street station
    Track layout

    Legend
    to Beach 98th Street
    to Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
    Street map

    Map

    Station service legend
    Symbol Description
    Stops all times Stops all times
    Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

    The Beach 105th Street station (signed as Beach 105th Street–Seaside station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located at Beach 105th Street on the Rockaway Freeway in Queens. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.

    History

    This station previously had six different names. It was originally opened by the

    Babylon) for the Rockaway Beach Branch at 102nd Street. It also included a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway
    , as well as an OER spur to the Neponsit-Rockaway Beach Branch. A second station at Beach 104th Street became its replacement in April 1888, only to be burned on September 20, 1892.

    The third station was built in 1892 and burned on August 29, 1893 during a storm, which ended up sparing the neighborhood around it.[3] The fourth station was built in 1894 and renovated between April and May 1899. Like many of the stations on the Rockaway Beach and Far Rockaway Branches, it burned for a third time in 1941 and replaced with an elevated railroad station that opened in 1942.

    A 1950 fire at

    The Raunt destroyed the trestle across Jamaica Bay, forcing the LIRR to reroute Rockaway Beach service along the Far Rockaway Branch through the Hammels Wye for the next five years. This station was closed on October 3, 1955, purchased by the New York City Transit Authority, rebuilt and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[4]

    As part of the 2010–2014 Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Capital Program, new crossovers will be built at this station in order to provide resiliency in the event of major flooding, like from Hurricane Sandy. The crossovers would allow the station to be used as a terminal in the event that the terminal at Beach 116th Street was unavailable. In addition to the construction of the switches, a relay room will be built and new signals will be installed. Design work on the project started in August 2017, and finished in January 2019. Construction will start some time in the future.[5]

    Station layout

    Platform level Side platform
    Southbound ← Rockaway Park Shuttle toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Terminus)
    ← "A" train PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Terminus)
    Northbound → Rockaway Park Shuttle toward Broad Channel (Beach 98th Street) →
    → "A" train AM rush toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 98th Street) →
    Side platform
    Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
    Ground Street level Entrances/exits
    Eastern stairs

    This elevated station has two tracks and two

    Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street to the west (railroad south).[9]
    Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and full height fences at both ends. South of this station, the IND Rockaway Line descends to ground level.

    Exits

    The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a station agent booth,

    Rockaway Park
    -bound platform had an exit at the north end, which has been removed.

    Ridership

    In 1985, the station had only 262 paying daily riders on a typical weekday, not counting farebeaters, making it one of the least used stations in the system.[11] In 2019, it was the least-used station out of all 424 stations in the New York City Subway system, serving 88,439 passengers, an average of fewer than 250 people per day.[12] As of 2022, the Beach 105th Street station is the system's second-least-used station with 41,437 riders.[13]

    References

    1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
    2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
    3. Newspaperarchive.com. Open access icon
    4. ^ "LIRR Station History". Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
    5. ^ "ET070311 Mitigation: Installation of New Crossovers at Beach 105th Street Station on the Rockaway Line". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
    6. ^ "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
    7. ^ "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
    8. ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
    9. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
    10. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
    11. ISSN 0362-4331
      . Retrieved October 2, 2016.
    12. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
    13. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2021" (XLSX). MTA. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

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